truism
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banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché (also cliche), commonplace, groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, trope
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This is a truism in all of professional baseball, not just the majors. — Tom Verducci, SI.com, "The Hard, Historic Roads That Lead to Baseball's Magic Number: .400," 8 Aug. 2019 And thereâs perhaps no greater example of that truism than the tweet sent one year ago today by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. — Sean O'kane, The Verge, "The lesson from Elon Muskâs âfunding securedâ mess is to never tweet," 7 Aug. 2019 Another truism investors fail to grasp is sellers and their agents prefer selling to owner-occupants. — Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, "Sponsored: Buyersâ higher bid didnât win them the house; time to change agent?," 4 July 2019 In 1974 Arthur Laffer, an economist, sketched a simple diagram on the back of a napkin to illustrate a truism of tax policy. — The Economist, "Is there an optimal level of taxation?," 19 June 2019 Indians, who have indulged in jugaad for years, know this truism only too well. — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, "Indians have found a $4 jugaad to make iPhone lookalikes," 31 May 2019 This yearâs statuettes â to be distributed Sunday at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast live on CBS â will be another annual test of this truism, particularly for the award with the largest box-office upside: best new musical. — Peter Marks, Washington Post, "Hey, Tony Awards, lighten up! You should give more prizes to the funny stuff.," 6 June 2019 Virtual realityâs growing role in education shows a truism of technologyâs evolution. — Patrick Sisson, Vox, "In Walmartâs virtual reality simulation, Black Friday never ends," 15 Nov. 2018 One of the truisms of the past three decades of terrorism is that jihadist threats rarely remain local. — Bruce Hoffman And Seth G. Jones, WSJ, "Early Withdrawal Will Lead to More Terrorism," 10 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'truism.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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